MAKE A MEME View Large Image Greek - Black-figure "Mastos" with Combat Scenes - Walters 48223 - Side B.jpg This shape of drinking-cup is called a mastos and resembles a woman's breast On the front a soldier whose nudity signifies heroic status advances against two ...
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Keywords: Greek - Black-figure "Mastos" with Combat Scenes - Walters 48223 - Side B.jpg This shape of drinking-cup is called a mastos and resembles a woman's breast On the front a soldier whose nudity signifies heroic status advances against two warriors dressed in short tunics; two heralds watch from either side On the back a nude warrior confronts a clothed one in a similar scene Beneath the horizontal handle stands a siren a mythical creature with a woman's head and a bird's body whose powers included knowledge of the outcome of battles ca 530 BC Archaic terracotta H 3 11/16 x W 7 3/16 x Diam 5 3/16 in 9 3 x 18 2 x 13 2 cm accession number 48 223 38598 Engel-Gros Sale Galerie Georges Petit Paris 1921 no 38 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Sirens in ancient Greek pottery Mastoi
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